Piwigo: Unauthenticated SQL injection in `pwg.images.filteredSearch.create`
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Piwigo is a full featured open source photo gallery application for the web. In 17.0.0beta1 and earlier, when rating is enabled, an unauthenticated guest can call pwg.images.filteredSearch.create with a crafted ratings[] value and then open the returned search URL. include/ws_functions/pwg.images.php stores the unvalidated value in the search rules, and include/functions_search.inc.php integer-casts only the lower rating bound while concatenating the raw value as the SQL upper bound. This allows error-based or blind extraction of database information and database-dependent time delays through the public search flow. No fixed version is available as of this review.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Piwigo (Piwigo) Fixed in 17.0.0beta1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62262
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Piwigo vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-27251 Piwigo RCE via PHP Code Injection into Config File in Installer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-16500 Piwigo 13.6.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via in the "profile" function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-16499 Piwigo 13.6.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via /admin/permalinks.php. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23899 Piwigo Reflected XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-30629 Piwigo: Authenticated RCE via File Upload in Logo Upload Feature CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-38673 Piwigo is vulnerable to one-click account takeover by modifying the password-reset link CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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